RAIL STEELS: STRONGER, HARDER OR TOUGHER?

A conflict emerged at an Iron and Steel Institute Conference, held in London recently, between the commercial demand for steels that resist wear and the requirements to reduce the number of brittle fractures likely to occur which might lead to derailment.

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  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Publication Date: 1972-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 471-472
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 128
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cracking; Fatigue (Mechanics); Rail steel; Railroad rails; Steel
• Old TRIS Terms: Rail fissures; Rail steel metallurgy
• Subject Areas: Materials; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050083
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 24 1976 12:00AM